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Alexander Hartmaier

Alexander Hartmaier

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
45
Citations
6569
World Ranking
1562
National Ranking
51

Alexander Hartmaier publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Hartmaier sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 225 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Alexander Hartmaier D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Hartmaier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander Hartmaier is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, focusing primarily on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research encompasses several key subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's recent publications cover topics related to materials and manufacturing techniques, with contributions appearing in various scholarly journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Atomistic investigation of machinability of monocrystalline 3C-SiC in elliptical vibration-assisted diamond cutting" (2020, Ceramics International)
  • "Numerical simulation of materials-oriented ultra-precision diamond cutting: review and outlook" (2023, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing)
  • "Amorphization-governed elasto-plastic deformation under nanoindentation in cubic (3C) silicon carbide" (2020, Ceramics International)
  • "Cutting path-dependent machinability of SiCp/Al composite under multi-step ultra-precision diamond cutting" (2020, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics)
  • "Elucidating the dual role of grain boundaries as dislocation sources and obstacles and its impact on toughness and brittle-to-ductile transition" (2020, Scientific Reports)

Their body of work reflects specific interests in several topic areas, including:

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research

Alexander Hartmaier frequently collaborates with other researchers. Among the most frequent co-authors are Napat Vajragupta, Junjie Zhang, Abhishek Biswas, Ronak Shoghi, and Liang Zhao.

Their research is often published in venues that include:

  • Materials
  • Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Engineering Materials
  • Preprints.org

This scientist's work sits at the intersection of experimental and simulation-driven research in materials and mechanical engineering, with a particular focus on machining processes and material behavior under various mechanical interventions.

Best Publications

  • Controlling Factors for the Brittle-to-Ductile Transition in Tungsten Single Crystals

    Peter Gumbsch;Joachim Riedle;Alexander Hartmaier;Hellmut F. Fischmeister

  • Atomistic processes of dislocation generation and plastic deformation during nanoindentation

    C. Begau;A. Hartmaier;Easo P George;Easo P George;George M Pharr;George M Pharr

  • Topic Review: Application of Raman Spectroscopy Characterization in Micro/Nano-Machining

    Zongwei Xu;Zhongdu He;Ying Song;Xiu Fu

  • Influence of crystal anisotropy on elastic deformation and onset of plasticity in nanoindentation -- a simulational study

    Gerolf Ziegenhain;Herbert M. Urbassek;Alexander Hartmaier

  • A micromechanical damage simulation of dual phase steels using XFEM

    N. Vajragupta;N. Vajragupta;V. Uthaisangsuk;B. Schmaling;S. Münstermann

  • Pair vs many-body potentials: Influence on elastic and plastic behavior in nanoindentation of fcc metals

    Gerolf Ziegenhain;Alexander Hartmaier;Herbert M. Urbassek

  • Influence of dislocation density on the pop-in behavior and indentation size effect in CaF2 single crystals: Experiments and molecular dynamics simulations

    M.A. Lodes;A. Hartmaier;M. Göken;K. Durst

  • Atomistically informed crystal plasticity model for body-centered cubic iron

    Aenne Koester;Anxin Ma;Alexander Hartmaier

  • Atomic plasticity: description and analysis of a one-billion atom simulation of ductile materials failure

    Markus J. Buehler;Alexander Hartmaier;Huajian Gao;Mark Duchaineau

  • Hydrogen embrittlement of a carbon segregated Σ5(310)[001] symmetrical tilt grain boundary in α-Fe

    A.M. Tahir;R. Janisch;A. Hartmaier

  • On the crystallographic anisotropy of nanoindentation in pseudoelastic NiTi

    Janine Pfetzing-Micklich;Christoph Somsen;Antonin Dlouhy;Christoph Begau

  • Influence of misfit stresses on dislocation glide in single crystal superalloys: A three-dimensional discrete dislocation dynamics study

    Siwen Gao;Marc Fivel;Anxin Ma;Alexander Hartmaier

  • A novel approach to study dislocation density tensors and lattice rotation patterns in atomistic simulations

    C. Begau;J. Hua;A. Hartmaier

  • Numerical simulation of materials-oriented ultra-precision diamond cutting: review and outlook

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  • Atomistic investigation of machinability of monocrystalline 3C–SiC in elliptical vibration-assisted diamond cutting

    Liang Zhao;Junjie Zhang;Jianguo Zhang;Alexander Hartmaier;Alexander Hartmaier

  • How dislocation substructures evolve during long-term creep of a 12% Cr tempered martensitic ferritic steel

    J. Pešička;A. Aghajani;Ch. Somsen;A. Hartmaier

  • A study of deformation and phase transformation coupling for TRIP-assisted steels

    Anxin Ma;Alexander Hartmaier

  • Ab initio tensile tests of Al bulk crystals and grain boundaries: Universality of mechanical behavior

    Rebecca Janisch;Naveed Ahmed;Alexander Hartmaier

  • Mechanisms of grain boundary softening and strain-rate sensitivity in deformation of ultrafine-grained metals at high temperatures

    Naveed Ahmed;Alexander Hartmaier

  • Transition of effective hydraulic properties from low to high Reynolds number flow in porous media

    R. Sivanesapillai;H. Steeb;A. Hartmaier

  • Ab initio calculation of traction separation laws for a grain boundary in molybdenum with segregated C impurites

    A M Tahir;R Janisch;A Hartmaier

Frequent Co-Authors

Huajian Gao
Huajian Gao Tsinghua University
Peter Gumbsch
Peter Gumbsch Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Fengzhou Fang
Fengzhou Fang University College Dublin
Wolfgang Bleck
Wolfgang Bleck RWTH Aachen University
Ingo Steinbach
Ingo Steinbach Ruhr University Bochum
Gunther Eggeler
Gunther Eggeler Ruhr University Bochum
Herbert M. Urbassek
Herbert M. Urbassek Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Xichun Luo
Xichun Luo University of Strathclyde

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